Posts Tagged "ships and sailors"

AMSTERDAM’S RED-LIGHT DISTRICT

AMSTERDAM’S RED-LIGHT DISTRICT

‘I often enjoy my work’ – or so a sex-worker’s statement read on a flyer from the red-light Museum of Prostitution, although the respondent didn’t say whether she enjoyed her work all the time, or with all her clients – we can only imagine on this one. Located on Achteburgwal Street, bang in the middle of the red-light, the museum, a good starting-point  makes no…

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Albion House – White Star and Blue Star Line HQ

Albion House – White Star and Blue Star Line HQ

Today, I popped down to Albion House, or the White Star Building, which was open 10am – 1pm to the public, to allow people to have a look around the before refurbishment place takes place as it transforms into a new apartment hotel. You can read about that here. Access was limited to one room, and there were plenty of…

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